Yay! Angry lecture time, kids!

i am an asshole. my first crime: i looked at perez hilton this morning. my second: i looked at the graphic photo of rihanna's face, post-abuse, that was posted on perez hilton. It makes me sick, angry, appalled, i don't know what... not only about the fact that yet another woman (or man or child) was physically abused, but that some fucking douchebag at the police department somehow felt that s/he would be helping humanity or him or herself to leak a photo of a woman who had just been violated and was dealing with the further violation of having police cameras flashing closeup on her face and every bruise and bump being scrutinized and documented. it had me on the verge of tears that someone didn't think far ahead enough to realize how this would affect this woman... she survived an attack (an isolated incident? who knows, it doesn't matter to us) only to have the details of this made so shockingly public that she has no chance of ever being able to lose the label of "the woman beaten by chris brown." she now has the most intimate of moments-- when her guard was most certainly down and i can only assume that every raw emotion was exposed-- documented and made public and being passed around the internet. words are invasive enough, but photos inextricably and permanently link you to the incident. maybe that makes some people heartier survivors, but i sure think it would be hard for me to move from "victim" to "survivor" in my own head if a photo of my beaten face was public and free to be associated with me forever. (jesus christ, she hasn't even been publicly named as the "victim" yet...) wow. i'm done rambling. i don't hate the police. i seem to be ranting and raving about cops and prison a lot lately, but i do think that there are many, many good hearted and caring police out there. i just think that sometimes the world forgets that celebrities are people and victims and survivors just the same as the rest of us and maybe people (including cops) should consider that when dealing with a celeb as either a victim or a perpetrator. nevermind how they should deal with "regular" people who are also in that situation... *Gawker did it too? Really? Fuck you. Thank you, Jezebel. cnn e! online